§ 98-47. Candidates addressing employees at police facilities.
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It shall be unlawful for candidates for any office, public or private, to address
employees of the department of police at any police facility. The police chief, deputy
chiefs, majors or other officers in charge of the facility are directed to prevent
and prohibit any speaking by candidates advocating their election to office. It is
not the intention of this section to prevent candidates for office from visiting any
facility and speaking to individual employees of the department of police, but it
shall be unlawful for them to make public speeches or to converse with the members
to such an extent as to interfere with the discharge of their duties. It shall be
the duty of the police chief, deputy chief or majors and other officers in charge
of the facility to see that compliance with this section is enforced and that no one,
by public speaking, personal consultation or otherwise, shall obstruct or interfere
with any police officer in the discharge of the officer's duties.
